I Can't Let Go

I CAN’T LET GO WRITTEN BY RAY DEARTH 11-20-07

I’VE BEEN STARING AT YOUR FACE IN THIS HALF EMPTY GLASS
HOLDING BACK THE TEARS I DON’T THINK I CAN LAST
THE PAIN IN MY HEART IS TEARING ME IN TO
I’M SO HELPLESS THERE AIN’T NOTHING I CAN DO

THERE’S A VOICE IN MY HEAD SAYS JUST GO ON HOME
BUT THERE’S NOBODY THERE I DON’T WANT TO BE ALONE
LEFT WITH THE MEIMORIES OF YOU
THE SILENCE TOREMENTS ME IT’S DRIVING ME MAD I’M SO BLUE

32 YEARS AIN’T SUCH A LONG LONG TIME
TIME CAN’T ERASE WHAT WE HAD
AND THE DRINKING CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND
HONEY I MISS YOU SO BAD

OUT OF MY MIND IS WHERE I AM
OUT CONTROL WITHOUT A PLAN
I NEVER KNEW JUST HOW LITTLE I KNOW
BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING THAT’S FOR SURE
IT’S BURNING A HOLE IN MY SOLE CAUSE I CAN’T LET GO I CAN’T LET GO

FOR SO MANY YEARS IT’S BEEN JUST YOU IN MY LIFE
RIGHT OR WRONG YOU STOOD BY MY SIDE
NOW I REALIZE THE BETTER HALF OF ME IS GONE
AND WHATS LEFT BEHIND IS AN EMPTY HEART OF STONE

I FEEL THE WIEGHT OF THE WORLD SITTING ON MY SHOULDERS
ALWAYS THOUGHT THE END WOULD COME BUT WHEN WERE OLDER
NOW I KNOW WHICH ONE OF US WAS STRONG
24 HOURS A DAY JUST SEEMS FEEL SO LONG

HONEY IF YOUR UP THERE LOOKING DOWN ON ME
PLEASE HELP TRY TO FIND A LITTLE PEACE
CAUSE THIS BIG OLD WORLD IS SUCH A LONELY PLACE TO BE

OUT OF MY MIND IS WHERE I AM
OUT CONTROL WITHOUT A PLAN
I NEVER KNEW JUST HOW LITTLE I KNOW
BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING THAT’S FOR SURE
IT’S BURNING A HOLE IN MY SOLE CAUSE I CAN’T LET GO I CAN’T LET GO